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Social Protection as
Development Policy

Social Protection as
Development Policy

Asian Perspectives

Editors

Sarah Cook and Naila Kabeer

First published 2010
by Routledge
912 Tolstoy House, 1517 Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi 110 001

Simultaneously published in the UK
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RN

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

2010 Sarah Cook and Naila Kabeer

Typeset by
Star Compugraphics Private Limited
D-156, Second Floor,
Sector 7, Noida

Printed and bound in India by

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978-0-415-58573-6

This book is dedicated to the memories of Jayoti Gupta and Wenefrida
Widyanti who started out on this project with us

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Boxes

List of Abbreviations

ADA	Automatic Debit Account
ADB	Asian Development Bank
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APL	Above Poverty Line
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATC	Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
AWC	anganwadi government sponsored childcare centre
BBS	Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
BPL	Below Poverty Line
BRAC	(formerly known as) Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
BRAC-RED	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division
CBMS	Community-Based Monitoring System
CDPA	Centre for Development and Population Activities
CFPR	Challenging the Frontier of Poverty Reduction
DOLE	Department of Labor and Employment
ETI	Ethical Trade Initiative
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FFA	Food-for-asset-creation
FFW	Food-for-work
FGD	Focus Group Discussion
FSSAP	Female Secondary School Assistance Programme
FSVGD	Food Security Vulnerable Group Development
FY	Fiscal Year
GDBC	Gram Daridro Bimochon Committee or Village Poverty Alleviation Committee
GR	Gratuitous Relief
GIS	Geographical Information Systems
GSO	General Statistical Office
HBW	Home-based workers
HDI	Human Development Index
HH	Household
HNSA	HomeNet South Asia
HNSEA	HomeNet South East Asia
ICDS	Integrated Child Development Scheme
ICRW	International Center for Research on Women
IGVGD	Income generating-vulnerable group development
INCLEN	International Clinical Epidemiology Network
ILO	International Labour Organization
ILO-STEP	ILO Strategies and Tools against social Exclusion and Poverty
IRDP	Integrated Rural Development Programme
ISST	Institute of Social Studies Trust
LGU	Local Government Unit
MCA	Ministry of Civil Affairs
MDG	Millennium Development Goal
MFA	Multi-Fibre Agreement
MFI	Microfinance institution
MLSGS	Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System
MOLISA	Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs
MOLSS	Ministry of Labor and Social Security
NCAER	National Council for Applied Economic Research
NCEUS	National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector
NFPCSP	National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme
NGO	Non-governmental Organization
NSSO	National Sample Survey Organisation
PAYG	Pay-as-you-go
PCA	Principal Components Analysis
PDS	Public Distribution System
PES	Primary Education Stipend
PO	Programme Organiser
RMP	Rural Maintenance Programme
RSC	Re-employment Service Centres
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SC	Scheduled Caste
SEWA	Self Employed Women's Association
SF	School feeding
SMS	Shramajibee Mahila Samity, (a rural working women's organization in West Bengal)
SOE	State-owned Enterprise
SSLC	Secondary School Leaving Certificate
SSO	Social Security Office
SSS	Social Security System
ST	Scheduled Tribe
TR	Test Relief
TUP	Targeted Ultra Poor
UCT	Unconditional Cash Transfer
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund
UNIFEM	United Nations Development Fund for Women
VGD	Vulnerable Group Development
VGF	Vulnerable Group Feeding
VO	Village Organisation
WFP	United Nations World Food Programme
WHO	World Health Organization
WTO	World Trade Organization

Glossary

Agarbathi	Incense sticks
Anganwadi	Literally, the courtyard play centre, is a government sponsored child care centre, located within a village or a slum in India.
Annapoorna	Literally, being endowed with food, is a central government-sponsored special scheme in India to ensure food security (by providing rice free of cost) of the senior citizens (65 years or above) who, though eligible, have remained uncovered under the National Old Age Pension Scheme.
Antyodhaya Anna Yojana	Literally, the food (anna) plan (yojana) for the revival of the worst (antyodhaya). It is a central government-sponsored special scheme in India, administered through the public distribution system, for the poorest of the poor and destitute by supplying grains at very low price.

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